Oh, woe is Benie. For he cannot handle an expert pack. Just grab your popcorn, as I’ll be throwing salt everywhere.
\nI have quit the pack, in Age 7. Though I just want to make one thing clear; I don’t<\/u> hate the pack. Age of Engineering is great, and I encourage anyone to try it out. However, since it’s an expert pack, mods that you might be familiar with (and be able to access quite quickly) are gated behind a progression system (of 14 Ages).<\/p>\n
What caused me to finally say “I had enough” (after several times of coming very close), was spending three days wanting to literally pound my head with a brick. I wanted to automate getting rubber, something so ‘really easy’ according to the AoE Discord (which I showed them just how difficult I could make it on myself).
\nBecause it wasn’t just that simple, because I also wanted to get wood and planks back to the base (as well as Resin from the rubber tree farm).
\nI finally got it, thanks to them. It was as simple as just making another RFTools Crafter to turn planks from the Oak tree farm (where I get the wood from) into planks, and then the second crafter turns planks into treetaps (to extract the resin).<\/p>\n
I also managed to automate a cobble generator (of turning Cobble into Gravel\/Sand\/Glass, to give myself an infinite amount).
\nSo, what seems to be the problem here, you are probably asking. As with since getting this pack, the issue…is myself. I didn’t like how these machines that I got to auto-process, kept running even when I didn’t need them to. This was getting a few people in the Discord server, greatly annoyed with me (after just helping me with this issue).
\nWhat sent me into ‘insurmountable depression’, was when I saw if I also needed to store “the stupid saplings and apples”. To me, this made it feel that what I’ve been trying to do in order to get EU power, is ‘stupid’.<\/p>\n
Now I’m also co-oping with someone. Being that depressed, I didn’t really feel like doing anything (even though there were things to do). I tried to talk it over with my co-op partner. As much as he tried to make me feel better (by telling me to binge watch Dire’s episodes and write down what he does), it just kept my depression from going away.
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\nI feel Dire “owes it to me” to get me through this pack (since Youtube’s recommended decided to show me of Dire in the Space Age, which got me hooked). But the fact he isn’t doing what I would see are ‘high priority Ease of Use’ fixes, left me with no way of knowing how to do what I needed to do. I wanted to follow him exactly (of the same level I was) step by step, instead of just binge watch all of his episodes, and then write down what to do. I don’t want to feel overwhelmed.
\nPlus, I knew that with my current base design, that I would eventually reach a point where I would get myself stuck in a corner (and not know how to get out of it). I literally was begging for anyone (that is good with base building in this pack) to come on a private local server (that I would host), and to please help me with this base. Yet all I got was pointless advice that didn’t help one bit.<\/p>\n
If only, Modded Minecraft had a ‘Base Planner’ (similar to Deed Planner in Wurm) that I could download. It would help me greatly determine how to set up the base, where to hook up power in the most efficient way, where to place machines for automation purposes, etc.
\nI actually had another idea for the base, but I just don’t know if I would even like it. It would have very long hallways for the machines (and would even be used for futureproofing). But having to run back and forth, just.. dunno.<\/p>\n
Anyway, before I had quit for good, I backed up my worlds to a zip file to keep myself from losing any progress (incase I ever wanted to try it again).
\nI’ve left the AoE Discord server without saying a word. Honestly, that’s possibly the best idea I’ve had since getting the pack. And as for my co-op partner(that unfortunately didn’t get the message), is I wanted to tell him that I was done, and to please find a more willing person to help him complete the pack. I was even going to wish him (and whoever his picks), well. But I made the mistake of not knowing that this person had their DM settings on ‘friends only’. And since I unfriended him, I couldn’t send the message.
\nHopefully I can still tell him, somehow.<\/p>\n
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\nAs for what happens now, I need to go back to Wurm. At least there, I can progress however I want(even though the only ‘progression’ is lots and lots (did I mention lots?) of skill grinding).
\nI still need to get started with that very overdo project of redesigning the deed, which will start with buying the mortar and bricks I require (I’ll make the rest, mind you). So look for a post about that, possibly as early as tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oh, woe is Benie. For he cannot handle an expert pack. Just grab your popcorn, as I’ll be throwing salt everywhere. I have quit the pack, in Age 7. Though I just want to make one thing clear; I don’t … Continue reading